WISDOM

Wandering around Amsterdam, a wonderful, bustling, very European city (more European than Paris, which is just French), I realized that the Repubicans are right in one sense: Europe is like a woman, America is like a man.

But women are cool. Women are smart. Women are wise. And women can persuade people to do things they want without anyone getting punched in the mouth

Kerry's problem seems to be he's boring. But why doesn't he make that a virtue? "Yes, I'm old ... but I'm old and wise. I'm not going to go off half-cocked. I can change my mind when I learn new facts. Isn't that smarter than never changing direction even when you're on the wrong track?"